Offchain Labs - Arbitrum Layer 2 Creators

Company Overview

Offchain Labs is a venture-backed, Princeton-founded company that has dedicated over 5 years to blockchain research and development. As the original developers of Arbitrum, the leading Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution, Offchain Labs has raised $120M in funding and acquired Prysmatic Labs (creators of the leading Ethereum consensus client behind The Merge).

Founders

Ed Felten: Former deputy U.S. CTO in the Obama White House, longtime Princeton Professor.

Steven Goldfeder: Princeton researcher, co-author of Arbitrum paper.

Harry Kalodner: Princeton researcher, co-author of Arbitrum paper.

Core Products

Arbitrum One

Industry-leading Ethereum scaling solution using optimistic rollup technology. Over $2.3 billion in TVL.

Arbitrum Nova

AnyTrust technology for ultra-low cost, high-volume applications.

Arbitrum Orbit

Framework for creating custom Orbit Chains.

Acquisitions

Prysmatic Labs (2022): Leading Ethereum consensus client team behind The Merge, cementing alignment with Ethereum.

Recent Initiatives

Onchain Labs

Program providing resources, technical support, and go-to-market strategies to early-stage projects on Arbitrum.

Funding

$120M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with:

• Polychain Capital
• Ribbit Capital
• Redpoint Ventures
• Pantera Capital
• Alameda Research
• Mark Cuban

Why Choose Offchain Labs

Layer 2 Leadership

Arbitrum is the leading Ethereum L2 with $2.3B+ TVL.

Princeton Pedigree

Founded by former Obama CTO and Princeton researchers.

$120M Funding

Top-tier VC backing validates technology.

Prysmatic Acquisition

Owns leading Ethereum consensus client team.